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- 11:46, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The attempt of the atheistic Sankhya philosophers to consider material nature the source of these elements (earth, water, fire, etc.), forgetting Krsna, is useless, like trying to get milk from the nipplelike bumps of skin hanging on the neck of a goat (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the attempt of the atheistic Sāṅkhya philosophers to consider material nature the source of these elements, forgetting Kṛ...")
- 11:43, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita (9.10): mayadhyaksena prakrtih suyate sa-caracaram. Prakrti, the total material energy, works under the superintendence of the Lord (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā"|"mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram. Prakṛti, the total materia...")
- 11:33, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the origin of all manifestations. Material nature can supply only when it is activated by the glance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the origin of all manifestations. Material nature can supply only when it is activated b...")
- 11:29, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page All of them (the material elements, the living entities and material nature) together are recipients of power from the Supreme Personality of Godhead and are thus able to manifest their individual capacities (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"all of them together are recipients of power from the Supreme Personality of Godhead and are thus able to manifest their indiv...")
- 11:20, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Although smoke, flaming wood, and sparks are all considered together as ingredients of a fire, the flaming wood is nevertheless different from the fire, and the smoke is different from the flaming wood (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although smoke, flaming wood, and sparks are all considered together as ingredients of a fire, the flaming wood is nevertheles...")
- 10:25, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Material nature cannot independently become an agent for supplying the material ingredients. This is more clearly explained by Sri Kapiladeva, an incarnation of Godhead, in Srimad-Bhagavatam - SB 3.28.40 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Material nature cannot independently become an agent for supplying the material ingredients. This is more clearly explained by...")
- 10:22, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Lord Visnu activates material nature by the power of His glance, and then the ironlike material nature becomes a material-supplying agent just as iron made red-hot becomes a burning agent (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Viṣṇu activates material nature by the power of His glance, and then the ironlike material nature becomes a material-...")
- 10:17, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Iron has no power to heat or burn, but after coming in contact with fire the iron becomes red-hot and can then diffuse heat and burn other things. Material nature is like iron, for it has no independence to act without the touch of Visnu (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"iron has no power to heat or burn, but after coming in contact with fire the iron becomes red-hot and can then diffuse heat an...")
- 10:12, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Inert material nature is not the actual cause of the material manifestation, for Karanarnavasayi, Maha-Visnu, the plenary expansion of Krsna, activates all the ingredients. It is in this way that material nature has the power to supply the ingredients (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Inert material nature is not the actual cause of the material manifestation, for Kāraṇārṇavaśāyī, Mahā-Viṣṇu, th...")
- 09:58, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page My dear Lord, You can save me from this cycle of cause and effect. I worship Your lotus feet (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"My dear Lord, You can save me from this cycle of cause and effect. I worship Your lotus feet"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Sharmist...")
- 09:56, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The body is generated from activity, and activity is generated from the body, just as a tree is generated from a seed that is generated from a tree. This reciprocal cause and effect is called maya (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The body is generated from activity, and activity is generated from the body, just as a tree is generated from a seed that is...")
- 09:51, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The conditioned vital force, the subtle material ingredients (the dravya), and material nature, the eleven senses and five elements (earth, water, fire, air & ether), which are the sixteen ingredients of the body - these are the ingredient aspect of maya (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The conditioned vital force, the subtle material ingredients called the dravya, and material nature (which is the field of act...")
- 09:44, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The ingredients and cause of the material cosmic manifestation are described as follows: O my Lord! Time, activity, providence and nature are four parts of the causal aspect (maya) of the external energy (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"O my Lord"|"Time, activity, providence and nature are four parts of the causal aspect (māyā) of the external energy. The con...")
- 09:21, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Maya, the external energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is divided into two parts (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Māyā, the external energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is divided into two parts"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Sharmist...")
- 09:04, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page When one knows Him (the Personality of Godhead) perfectly, one surrenders unto Him and then becomes a mahatma (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When one knows Him perfectly, one surrenders unto Him and then becomes a mahātmā"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{co...")
- 09:00, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Scientific advancement should have a great goal to attain, and that great goal should be the Personality of Godhead (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Scientific advancement should have a great goal to attain, and that great goal should be the Personality of Godhead"}} {{notes...")
- 08:56, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Modern science has created an imperfect, godless civilization that is in gross ignorance of the ultimate cause (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"modern science has created an imperfect, godless civilization that is in gross ignorance of the ultimate cause"}} {{notes|}} {...")
- 08:53, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Since materialistic scientists ignore the Personality of Godhead, it is as if they were concerned with the potter’s wheel and its rotation, the potter’s tools and the ingredients for the pots, but had no knowledge of the potter himself (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Since materialistic scientists ignore the Personality of Godhead, it is as if they were concerned with the potter's wheel and...")
- 08:46, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Without Narayana, all other causes are useless, just as the potter's wheel and tools are useless without the potter himself (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"without Nārāyaṇa, all other causes are useless, just as the potter's wheel and tools are useless without the potter himsel...")
- 07:05, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page When a potter manufactures a pot from clay, the potter’s wheel, his tools and the clay are the immediate causes of the pot, but the potter is the chief cause (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When a potter manufactures a pot from clay, the potter's wheel, his tools and the clay are the immediate causes of the pot, bu...")
- 07:03, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The modes of nature, which directly cause material actions, are originally activated by Narayana (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The modes of nature, which directly cause material actions, are also originally activated by Nārāyaṇa"}} {{notes|}} {{comp...")
- 06:54, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Behind all the jugglery of the natural laws is a great living being, who is a person like the mechanical engineer in the powerhouse. It is by His intelligence that the entire cosmic creation moves in a systematic way (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"behind all the jugglery of the natural laws is a great living being, who is a person like the mechanical engineer in the power...")
- 06:48, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The power of electricity is transmitted through the medium of copper, but this does not mean that the copper is electricity. The power is generated at a powerhouse under the control of an expert living being (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The power of electricity is transmitted through the medium of copper, but this does not mean that the copper is electricity. T...")
- 06:44, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Although the rod is not fire, it becomes red-hot and acts like fire itself. Similarly, all the actions and reactions of material nature are not actually the work of material nature but are actions and reactions of the energy of the Supreme Lord (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"although the rod is not fire, it becomes red-hot and acts like fire itself. Similarly, all the actions and reactions of materi...")
- 06:41, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page To explain how maya acts by Krsna’s power, the author of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta gives the example of an iron rod in a fire (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To explain how māyā acts by Kṛṣṇa's power, the author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta gives the example of an iron rod...")
- 06:35, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Lord Caitanya appeared in order to dissipate this darkness of ignorance by igniting the spark of spiritual life that can, by His causeless mercy, enlighten the entire world (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Lord Caitanya appeared in order to dissipate this darkness of ignorance by igniting the spark of spiritual life that can, by H...")
- 06:30, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Creating a colossal hoax in the name of civilization, they (materialists) create an imbalance in the natural self-sufficiency of material nature (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"creating a colossal hoax in the name of civilization, they create an imbalance in the natural self-sufficiency of material nat...")
- 06:24, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The jugglery of science is gradually leading people to a godless civilization at the cost of the goal of human life (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the jugglery of science is gradually leading people to a godless civilization at the cost of the goal of human life"}} {{notes...")
- 06:20, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The temporary manifestations of material nature are originally caused by the spiritual glance of the Lord. The Personality of Godhead is the direct, or remote, cause of creation, and material nature is the indirect, or immediate, cause (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the temporary manifestations of material nature are originally caused by the spiritual glance of the Lord. The Personality of...")
- 06:13, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page She (material energy) supplies the ingredients for the birth of the child in her womb. Similarly, the Lord activates material nature, which then supplies the ingredients for cosmic development (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"She supplies the ingredients for the birth of the child in her womb. Similarly, the Lord activates material nature, which then...")
- 06:11, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Material nature has no power by herself. Her activity begins by the grace of the Lord. The example of a woman’s conception can help us understand this subject. The mother is passive, but the father puts his energy within the mother, & thus she conceives (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The example of a woman’s conception can help us understand this subject to a certain extent. The mother is passive, but the...")
- 05:57, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page However powerful she (the material energy) may be, has no power by herself. Her activity begins by the grace of the Lord, and then the entire cosmic creation is manifested in a systematic way (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"however powerful she may be, has no power by herself. Her activity begins by the grace of the Lord, and then the entire cosmic...")
- 05:53, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The glancing power of the Lord agitates the entire cosmic energy, and thus its actions begin at once (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The glancing power of the Lord agitates the entire cosmic energy, and thus its actions begin at once"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|...")
- 05:44, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Material nature is connected with the Personality of Godhead by His glance over her and nothing more. It is said that she is impregnated by the energy of His glance (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Material nature is connected with the Personality of Godhead by His glance over her and nothing more. It is said that she is i...")
- 05:38, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Neither Krsna in Goloka nor Narayana in Vaikuntha comes directly in contact with the material creation. They are completely aloof from the material energy (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Neither Kṛṣṇa in Goloka nor Nārāyaṇa in Vaikuṇṭha comes directly in contact with the material creation. They are...")
- 05:29, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The Bhagavad-gita confirms that the Lord glances over material nature and thus she produces the many material universes (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Bhagavad-gītā confirms that the Lord glances over material nature and thus she produces the many material universes"}} {...")
- 05:27, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Karanodakasayi Visnu, who lies on the Causal Ocean, creates the universes merely by glancing upon material nature. Therefore Krsna personally has nothing to do with the material creation (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, who lies on the Causal Ocean, creates the universes merely by glancing upon material nature. T...")
- 05:20, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Beyond the impersonal Brahman is the great Causal Ocean, which lies between the material and spiritual skies. The material nature is a by-product of this Causal Ocean (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Beyond that impersonal Brahman is the great Causal Ocean, which lies between the material and spiritual skies. The material na...")
- 05:18, 6 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The impersonal glowing effulgence known as impersonal Brahman is the outer space of the Vaikuntha planets in the spiritual sky (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The impersonal glowing effulgence known as impersonal Brahman is the outer space of the Vaikuṇṭha planets in the spiritual...")
- 17:40, 5 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The quadruple forms in the spiritual sky are the second manifestation of the original quadruple in Dvaraka (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"the quadruple forms in the spiritual sky are the second manifestation of the original quadruple in Dvaraka"}} {{notes|}} {{com...")
- 17:38, 5 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The original quadruple forms - Krsna, Baladeva, Pradyumna and Aniruddha - expand into another quadruple, which is present in the Vaikuntha planets of the spiritual sky (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The original quadruple forms"|"Krsna, Baladeva, Pradyumna and Aniruddha"|"expand into another quadruple, which is present in t...")
- 17:33, 5 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page For a detailed refutation of Sankaracarya’s arguments attempting to prove Sankarsana an ordinary living being, one may refer to Srimat Sudarsanacarya’s commentary on the Sri-bhasya, which is known as the Sruta-prakasika (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"For a detailed refutation of Śaṅkarācārya's arguments attempting to prove Saṅkarṣaṇa an ordinary living being, one...")
- 17:29, 5 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page One should understand that Sankaracarya’s statement that Sankarsana is born as a jiva is completely against the Vedic statements (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"one should understand that Śaṅkarācārya's statement that Saṅkarṣaṇa is born as a jīva is completely against the Ve...")
- 17:23, 5 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page In the beginning of the Parama-samhita it is definitely stated that the face of material nature is constantly changeable. Therefore ‘beginning,’ ‘annihilation’ and all such terms are applicable only in the material nature (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the beginning of the Parama-saṁhitā it is definitely stated that the face of material nature is constantly changeable. T...")
- 17:19, 5 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Since the Vedic literatures say that the living entity is eternal, one should not think the living being to be produced at a certain time (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"since the Vedic literatures say that the living entity is eternal, one should not think the living being to be produced at a c...")
- 17:12, 5 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page Anything that is produced must also be annihilated. Therefore if we accept the birth of the living entity, we also have to accept his annihilation (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Anything that is produced must also be annihilated. Therefore if we accept the birth of the living entity, we also have to acc...")
- 17:07, 5 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page In every samhita, the jiva (living entity) has been accepted as eternal, and in the Pancaratras the birth of the jiva is completely denied (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In every saṁhitā, the jīva (living entity) has been accepted as eternal, and in the Pañcarātras the birth of the jīva i...")
- 17:02, 5 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The field of material nature is the arena of the activities of fruitive actors, and since the material field is externally related with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, it is also eternal (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The field of material nature is the arena of the activities of fruitive actors, and since the material field is externally rel...")
- 15:57, 5 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page The scriptures completely deny the birth or production of the living entity (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The scriptures completely deny the birth or production of the living entity"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|SharmisthaK}} {{complete|...")
- 15:44, 5 March 2021 SharmisthaK talk contribs created page These terms (jiva, mind and ego) identify these Deities (Sankarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha), just as the terms ‘sky’ and ‘light’ sometimes identify the Absolute Brahman (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"These terms identify these Deities, just as the terms"|"sky’ and ‘light"|"sometimes identify the Absolute Brahman"}} {{not...")